Team Orisports 08-Sep-2010 687
East Coast Railway pipped Rising Students 7-6, via tie-breaker in the floodlit final to winthe FAO First Division Football League title, at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack today. Penalty shoot-out was applied after play in the regulation time ended in 2-2 draw.
The railway side took the lead twice through Gyana Ranjan Samal (3rd) and Maheswar Das (53rd). But Rising Students fought back on both the occasions to draw level through Subeer Majhi (16th) and Shyam Tudu (63rd).
In the tie-breaker, Railway scored five times (Maheswar Das, Salkhan Soren, Sk Momin, Sk Mokim, Laxman Murmu) against four (Subeer Majhi, I S Bodra, Subasis Naik, Bibhuti Mirdha) by Rising Students.
